Cinematic Era: 1931 Vintage

A girl with an alcoholic father struggles to fit in.

'Paris. Roué poses as secretary to flirt with employer's wife.' (British Film Catalogue)

(Keshkesh Bey) loves raising Arabian horses, and so does his neighbor, and they compete in this regard. A letter comes to Keshkesh Bey, the mayor of Kafr El-Ballas, carrying an invitation to participate in a major horse competition. Keshkesh Bey is overwhelmed with joy and prepares his horses for the competition. His neighbor investigates the news and learns about the competition, so he decides to prevent his neighbor from participating.

On October 8, 1573, the Relief of Alkmaar took place. Alkmaar was one of the first Dutch cities to successfully withstand the Spanish siege. Alkmaar still celebrates this momentous event to this day. In 1931, too. In that year, Mr. A.H.P. Blaauw, chairman of the 8 October Association, delivered a speech at the Victoria statue in the cheese city. Afterwards, those present sang the city anthem en masse.

Remember when Julie Andrews in The Sound of Music says "Every time God closes a door, He opens a window?" Well, this is basically the same philosophy followed by a sage authority named Professor Azais. Though he is never seen in the film, Azais's influences dictates every move made by Le Baron Wurtz (Max Dearly), a private tutor. Though he suffers quite a few setbacks, Wurtz presses on, armed by the Azaiz philosophy that every time something goes wrong in one part of the world, it is balanced by something going right elsewhere. This "law of compensations" pays off in big laughs for the audience, and in a happy-ever-after for Wurtz. Azais was based on a play by Georges Berr and Rene Verneuil.

A Secrets of Nature short.

The night before his wedding George gets drunk and marries a chorus girl. Her boyfriend appears, they fight and are believed dead, so she is now "the bridegroom's widow" (die Bräutigamswitwe). When they both come back one after another they must hide from the Police as they believe they have murdered each other, while the inspector believes there are ghosts in the house.

At the Paulistano Club pool, Lygia tells Nilo that she liked the album "Lua Branca," recorded by the young man. He promises to visit her to perform the song in person. The visit marks the beginning of a romance between the two, which later becomes an engagement. However, Nilo is involved in the 1924 uprising in the barracks and, with the outbreak of the revolution, leaves for the front. The city of São Paulo shows the damage caused by the bombings. The rebels, wanting to avoid further sacrifices to the city, after days of fighting and victory, decide to abandon it.

A man who wins a beauty contest travels to Hollywood with his friends and there they are hired to work on a farce about gaucho life.

A banker gets involved in the theft of a precious jewel.

The ghosts of various murder victims tell their terrifying and haunting stories.

First ever Bangladeshi feature film. The film about a conflict between two family members.

A Terrytoons short.

Documentary film about the diaconal work and the care of people with disabilities in the Bethel institutions.

White boy and girl cats spoon at a desk. A black boy cat comes to call. She sends him away, but he tries to lure her with catnip on the end of a line. White "daddy" cat holds her back, and the black boy cat walks home. The ball bounces over lava lamp-like shapes. Cats dance on top of a wooden fence, then on the song lyrics. A black boy and girl cat spoon on top of a fence, and in a window.

Le Chant du Hoggar, a fictionalized documentary directed by Pierre Ichac, which takes as its theme the adventurous life of the Tuaregs of yesteryear, the setting being the lesser-known mountains and valleys of the Hoggar, and the actors being the Tuaregs themselves. This production, of considerable interest, was filmed last year by Pierre Ichac, a project manager for the General Government of Algeria. For six months, the young director, who traveled more than 7,000 kilometers by car and about 1,000 kilometers by Méhari through the Hoggar mountains, recorded 8,000 meters of film. The beautiful Fatimata reigns over all hearts in the wandering Tuareg tribe, with her herds, in the high valleys of the Hoggar. But she loves The Lion, the bravest of the young warriors of an enemy tribe. And it is Fatimata's name that The Lion lovingly carves on the rocks of the mountain.

A widow enlists the support of a King's Counsel to help clear herself of the accusation she had murdered her husband by a suspicious coroner

A student, a railway worker and a peasant go on a trip to the Julian Alps and meet people on their way.

Marty the Monk(ey) takes a trip the Parade Grounds where he performs a duet with his girlfriend Millie.

When copper wire is wrapped around an iron rod and connected to a battery, it becomes an electromagnet. A science teaching material movie that explains the principle and structure of electric bells and telephones by applying the principle of an electromagnet through a fusion of live action and animation.

Very short animated film from Japan, using cut-outs in the style of Lotte Reiniger.

A young couple, exiled by Napoleon, travel to Ascension Island on a privateer ship. The captain befriends them, but during the voyage, discovers orders to shoot the rebel. He must obey and Laurette sinks into madness.

Den store barnedåpen (English: The great christening) is a 1931 Norwegian comedy film directed by Tancred Ibsen, starring Einar Sissener, Aase Bye and Agnete Schibsted-Hansson. It was the first feature-length Norwegian sound film. The lacklustre Harald (Sissener) is taken in by Alvilde (Bye), and charged with looking after her bastard child. It soon dawns on both of them that Harald has more potential than previously assumed.

A cat and his granddaughter have been robbed of their money. It's up to Oswald to get it back.

1931 film made for Fiat

Fitzpatrick Traveltalks

Tom and Jerry are ambulance-chasing lawyers in search of more business.

This short starts and ends very well, with animated sequences and a great deal of jazzy scat singing being done by various animals, all to the musical strains of the song, "You're Driving Me Crazy". There's a dancing lion which looks a bit like Betty Boop, monkeys and a whole host of other animals, including at least one Cab Calloway sound-alike.

Bobby Jones gives Frank Craven some helpful tips on his short game.

No longer able to bear to see himself age, doctor Faust decides to put an end to his life. But just as he’s about to swallow the poison that will kill him, the Devil enters the stage and makes him a deal. If Faust gives him his soul, he will be young again. The interested party ends up accepting and the puppets can begin their humorous reading of Faust’s myth.

Pioneer radio sportscaster Ted Husing introduces us to champions in various sports, including Willard Rogers (ping pong); Katherine Rawls and Eleanor Holm (swimming); and Bill Heckman (handball). We also see lacrosse. Vitaphone #1240

Glenn (Glenn Tryon), is trying to get into a secret fraternity in order to impress his girlfriend, Fanny (Helen Mann). But his rival is the president of the fraternity and has some very special plans for Glenn. The latter soon finds himself crooning a love song to two tough policeman. and being instructed to convince his blond sweet patootie, Fanny, that he prefers a brunette sweet patootie.

In this one, we go from street musicians to dog races (with a silent slo-mo scene of the dogs chasing a bicycling hare that makes no sense) to a very bizarre, and funny, scene of chicken carcasses dancing at butcher Farmer Alfalfa's shop.

The relationships between the stained glass rosettes and the floral forms, between the architectural geometry and that, random, of the branches of trees form a dazzling catalog of plastic obsessions of an era.

When a cat's horse throws a shoe while pulling her carriage, she enlists in the help of a blacksmith in re-shoeing her horse.

One of those stories about how a girl comes to Hollywood and makes good. In this case, every role is played by a chimpanzee.

Pitoeng is the original Batavian champion whose popularity draws from lenong folk performances. People believe that the Rawabelong champion has the ability to “disappear” because he always manages to escape the pursuit of Dutch police. He is perceived as the local version of Robin Hood: who only robs the rich to give to the poor.

Features a short screen song about a fictional character called little Annie Rooney, this version is the Fleischer studios version the voice of little annie rooney is done by little ann little. Betty Boop makes a cameo appearance as a stature figure & she wears the same hat as little annie rooney. This cartoon has a similarity to Betty Boop's Birthday, which was released in (1933) One of the same Quotes were used for both cartoons,(Oh I'm So Happy) Also the music is alike.

Educational silent film about tuberculosis.

Poor Arlette is married off by her well meaning mother to a supposed count who turns out to be a fake and a crook.Arlette seeks out the real count, to whom in name technically she is married.

A Walter Lantz/Bill Nolan Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon released July 15, 1931.

The story of a crazy film company attempting to make the first 'talkie' in Australia. Two divas compete for the main role.

A Walter Lantz/Bill Nolan Oswald the Lucky Rabbit cartoon released February 9, 1931.

Already running late to see his girl, Bimbo the dog finds that his car is seriously ill. Bimbo calls the doctor, who rushes over in his jalopy and revives the sick car with a dose of Texaco Motor Oil.

New Year's Eve in Stockholm. Carl Johan Stjärna is a poor aristocrat who has to borrow money from his manservant Frans to a be able to enjoy a proper celebration.

A comedy film directed by Monty Banks.

Henrik and Emilie Schultze rent the Hotel Paradis in a small, poor fishing village by the coast.

Scrappy's dog, Yippy, isn't feeling well. Scrappy sees a sign for Dr. Woof's Dog Tonic and thinks that's just the thing...

Vladimir Erofeev was a key figure in the development of the Soviet travelogue during the late 1920s. See for example Far Away in Asia [Daleko v Azii, 1931] and The Roof of the World: An Expedition to Pamir [Krysha mira: ekspeditsiia na Pamir, 1927].

A duckling tries to save the animals when a storm hits their farm.

An experimental short from Oskar Fischinger

A Toby the Pup short.

Clotilde, wife of lawyer Giulio has just returned from an extramarital affair that ended badly: the only bond she still has with her husband is the hope of finding their daughter. The house is bursting with gossip and rumors. One day comes news about their daughter.

Advertisment for Levitan about a small, moving table.